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Exploitive vs Exploited - What's the difference?

exploitive | exploited |

As an adjective exploitive

is exploitative: taking advantage of someone.

As a verb exploited is

past tense of exploit.

exploitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exploitative]]: [[take advantage, taking advantage of someone
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 17, William C. Rhoden, University Sells Itself During Playoffs, New York Times citation
    • , passage=The University of Phoenix, a for-profit educational institution, has turned the traditional relationship between athletics and higher education on its head, reducing it to its commercially exploitive essence. }}

    exploited

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exploit)

    • exploit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heroic or extraordinary deed.
  • An achievement.
  • (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use for one’s own advantage.

    • Synonyms

    * take advantage of,